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Officials find powerful animal anesthetic in Tri-State heroin

Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around Ohio suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.

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Updated: 6:35 PM EDT Jul 15, 2016

Officials find powerful animal anesthetic in Tri-State heroin

Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around Ohio suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.

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Updated: 6:35 PM EDT Jul 15, 2016

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WEBVTT WITH HEROIN.IN THE STATE THEY HAVE ALREADYSEEN A HALF DOZEN DEATHS.IT'S BEING MIXED WITH HEROIN.>> LIKE RUSSIAN ROULETTE.EVERY DAY YOU WAKE UP, IT'S LIKERUSSIAN ROULETTE.>> MIKE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND ERICAMCMILLEN.>> IT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO DOEVERY DAY, SO THEREFORE YOU HAVETO TAKE THAT CHANCE.>> KNOW MORE ABOUT LIFE ANDDEATH GAMBLING THAN THEY WISH.BOTH ARE RECOVERING HEROINADDICTS.THEY ARE CONCERNED FOR ADDICTEDFRIENDS ABOUT A NEW DEADLY DRUGBEING MIXED WITH HEROIN.>> THIS IS AN EXTREMELYDANGEROUS DRUG.>> THE HAMILTON COUNTY HEROINCOALITION CALLED AN EMERGENCYMEETING TO ISSUE A WARNING.THE DRUG IS CALLED CARFENTANOLNOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ANOTHERPOWERFUL DRUG.IT'S 100 TIMES STRONGER THANPHENTANOL.>> INTENDED FOR USE IN ANIMALS,NOT HUMANS.>> THE REVERSAL DRUG MAY NOTEVEN BE EFFECTIVE.>> YOU COULD LITERALLY BEGAMBLING YOUR LIFE AWAY IF YOUUSE STREET DRUGS NOW.>> POLICE ARE NOT SURE IF IT ISBEING SHIPPED IN, MANUFACTUREDOR STOLEN.BUT IT'S ALREADY LINKED TOOVERDOSES HERE AND A SPIKE INDEATHS IN AKRON AND COLUMBUS.>> IT'S SCARY BECAUSE I KNOW FORME EVEN HEARING THAT WOULD NOTBE ENOUGH FOR ME TO STOP.>> TO HEAR THAT NOW, IT'S LIKEMY GOSH, WHY WOULD YOU DOSOMETHING LIKE THAT?BUT REMEMBERING BACK, IT DIDN'TMATTER.>> WHICH IS WHY THIS COUPLE ISHOPING OTHERS CAN SEE THEY AREPROOF HEROIN CAN BE BEATEN.AND WHY HEALTH OFFICIALS ARESAYING NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT.>> AND THE COALITION IS URGINGPOLICE NOT TO FIELD TEST HEROINBECAUSE THEY SAY ANY SMALL CUT

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Officials find powerful animal anesthetic in Tri-State heroin

Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around Ohio suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.